Candy-pulling machine.



G. L. LANQER. CANDY PULLIN G MACHINE. APPLICATON FILED 0619! 1916.

Patented July 1 0, Hill? SHFET`SHEET| G. Lv. LANGER. CANDY PULLING MACHINE.

- APPLICATION HLED OCT. 9,19%6.

523%?69?? Patented July 10, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- site direction, with means for holding and eoa-inonn L. LANGEE, or POTLAED, oEEGoE, Assienon 'ro J. roza'rnaim, OREGON. 1 .l

CANDYTPU'LLING IVIACHINIEIe insane?.-

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application led October 9, 1916. Serial No. 124,563. "fifi" i.

I To all rwwm t may concern:

Be it known that I, Go'rTHoLD L. LANGER,

a `citizenofthe United States, residing in the city of Portland, county of Multnoma and State of Oregonhav\ invented certain new andiiseful Improvements in Candy- Pulling Machines, of which the following is a specification. l `My invention relates to candy pulling machines, and more particularly'to a machine adapted. to automatically' pull candy by means of a -floating puller which is carried through a course of travel corresponding in form tothe gure 8, and around fixed supporting pins arranged concentrically Within the tw circular portions of said figure whereby the candy is pulled said floating puller and alternately carried hereby around said fixed .supporting pins.

So far'v as -I am aware, I am the first to provide in a machine Vofthey character ret'ferred to a floating pulling or carryingmember adapted to be carried first .around one 1 circular course Ain one direction, and then around another circular course in the oppocarrying said puller or carrying member, in the manner indicated; f

In order that othersmay understand my invention I have illustrated the preferred form thereof in the accompanying twgsheets of drawinzg`s,'-which I will now describe.

Figure 1 is a vertical, sectional View through the preferred embodiment of my in- `venton, taken 'on thelines 1,1, on Figs. Q and 3;

4'I4`ig.' 2 is a horizontal sectional View through. the machine on a line corresponding to line 2 2', Fig. l;

Fig. 3 -is a vertical cross sectional `View of the invention, substantially on the line 3 3,

on Fig; l; r

Figa is a Side elevation of the machine with the floatingy puller or carrier shown in section;

Fig. 5 is an edge or end View thereof, with parts broken away to reduce the sizeof the figure; and Fig.. 6 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View through the casingwith the gears remored't` more clearlyillustra'te the course of travel of the floating member.-

puller or carrier Referring now morein detail tothe drawings my invention comprises a base l, upon which are supported twocirculanmr drum-l1 like, casings 2 2, joined?v ltogetherGa't` one side, and in open communicationlwitlifeach other, as clearly villustrated'injthe drawings, said casing being formed together andr'provided at their upper Side with a connecting portionf. Revolubly mounted inthe opposite sides of each of saiddrums areiside disks, or closures, and -eth'eldf in place by detachable side'riins"6j-'6,and'Lf?, said side disks havingv formed .centrally thereof bearing sleeves, orboxesp'as 43%, and shown clearly intheV .horizontal sectional View. Fig..` 2, said 'side disks, or members'. also ha ving formed on their-inner faces inwardly projecting annular `franges, as 4"-lb and 5b 5b, whereby circular passageways are formed between,v said flanges and the body of the drums", or casings, Qi-Q, as will be cl'ear from Fig." 6. f f

MountedJ in said bearingjbons'4244:EL and :3a-5a, are two shafts, or pinsglS and 9, which project through the sides. ofsaid casing, as

'having' long'hubs, as 10av and 11E'.l Saidside disks, or members, 1 -L and 5-5,' and said gears l() and ll, and said shafts 8 andc9, are all secured to turn togethlervwithinsaid drums, lor casings. said gearsmeshing with each otherthrough the adjacent opensides of the drums, or casings,'as 'clearly seen in. Figrl. The gear teethof *said/gears 10 and l1, it will be notedgprjectinto the annular passageways fornied within:v the drums, or casings, 2 2, anda-round the@ outside of the inwardly projecting flanges lb-lb and b-", on the `reyolvjing side members of .the casing.

Said gears l0 and 11, `each has -formed at one place in its` rims, in place of the teeth, a halfround socket, as 11a, Fi'ggl, 'which when i the gears come togetherifwith thesecorresponding sockets in register Svi'ithI eachother,

between the meeting gears' rs uflicient'in 'size to encircle and carry what I AWill call a'ioating puller, or carrier, 12, comprisingrv a rod, or shaftextending through Kthedrum, or casing, 2, and at opposite sides thereof, to a distance corresponding in length to the rods, or shafts, 8-'8 and4 9 9, said. oating carrier l2, being preferablybowed at itsoppo- Patented W.,

.will be understood from Figs.l 2,3 and 5. 1

members, or disks, 4--4 and 5-5, have formed 1n their peripheriesasat 4 -4 and` 5..-5,--Fig. 4, coperati-ng. adapted' `to fit around 'said oatinggca'rrier 12, as it, passes between the meeting edges' of said side disks or members, it' being understood that the sockets formed in thegears '10 and 11, and the sockets formed in the side disks,

Vor members, 4 4 and 5-5, come together in register with veach other, as seen in Figs. 1, 2l

and l,once in each revolution-,of saidv gears and said s1de members, whereby to carry said ioating carrier 12 between said gears 10 and 11, which are 1n mesh with each other. In order to more steadily support and l' guide said floating carrier 12, there 1s mounted on the hub ofthe secured thereto,l

apair of arms 13--13', Ashown in side view in Fig. 1, and in section in Fig. 2, saidarms 13", a apted'to it around said loating carwithin lthe guide way formed between the flanges 4J and and the inside of the drum 2. Pivotally mounted throughthe casing,

or drum 2, at the lower side of the juncture thereof, on opposite sides of the gears 10 adapted and 11, are pivoted switch levers, as 14 to be moved from one side to the by4 said fioating puller, whereby' to other of travel of said floating direct the course carrier'12', in -a manner hereinafter re y from the ferred to. v I

Also pivotally mounted in the upper side of the juncture between said drums, or casings 2-2 is another pair of switch levers, as 15, each having two' projecting ears, as, 15M-15a,l provided with rollers 15h-15P, as shown, whereby said switch levers 15, are moved from one side to the other by .said floating carrier 12, as it is carried through the passageway, referred. to,- within one or the other of said drums,l or casings. y spring-pressed plunger 16, is mountedi'n the. connecting web, or box, 3, between said casings, and has a yielding, frictional 'engagement with a notched lug 17, formed asa part of said switch levers 15.' Mounted on the opposite sides of the gear 11, on itsi hub- 11, are two arms 18718, corresponding with the arms 13--13, at the opposite sides of the gear 10, excepting that the outer ends of the arms 18-18, are provided with rounded end portions, as 18", projecting slightly beyond the teeth of the gear 11, as will .be clear from Figs. 1 and 2. vThe gear 10, 1s driven gear 11. Thegear 11 is driven by a pinion 19, mounted on .a shaft 2Q,.hav1ng its bearings `mounted on the base 1,' as-at 21, Fi 4 ingg 1; inthe base 1, as seen in Fig., 1, said pinion 19, being provided on 1ts opposite sides with short arml members 22, provided r,10 at oppo- V.

Ysite sides of the gear 10 andea rovided at their outer ends with-forks said gear running through an open- `with a ifork, as corresponding shape to the forks 13, at the outer of thearms 13, for the purposel of receiving the floatgear 11, and saidjpinion 19j. Mountedon the shaft 26, mounted in the beari boxes 27-27, on the undersideoftthe base 1, vsaid machine beinV drivenvby any suitable 4powerl ing carrier 12, as it passes betweenl the large applied -to saidshat 26. It'will be evident that the function of the arms y18e-18,1 having the round heads; 1815-.185 at .opposite sides of the gear 1 1, is to make a proper mesh with the fork 23, on theV pinion :19, when'said gear and said pinion come together 'at-'these' points at a timeiwhen the floating carrier 12, is in some other part of its course of'travel.-

. The use and operation ofmy invention may be briefly described as follows:

the pins Sand 9, project yatopposite;

sides of the machine, through thecenters'of l@the respective drums,`or 'casing's,` andthe.

floating pin, or puller` member, 12, also"v pr'oi* jects from'the opposite sides of said casing,

it will be.. evident that a'batch of candy to bepulled can be laid upon the projecting'.

chine,

batch oneach side of the machine. Ass

rthatthe batch of candy -has'been'stretche across the pins 8 and v9, andthe puller member 12,/'while it is in a lposition in horizontal or that'two batches of candy to 'be pulled, can be placed upon said pins-'gne alinement withthe pins'8 and 9, it will be V evident. ythat as the machine is operated A member -15, it will move'said switch member over to the right of the centerline of the machine, whereupon as said puller mem- .ber comes around to its middle,` or starting position, it will be! directed.l to the left, around the pin 8,'pu1ling and stretchingv the l candy. carried' thereby at its outer endsaround the outer ends of the pin 8. As 'said ioatin puller 12, starts around to the left starting position it-will be directed again around `the pin 9,V with the large Vgear 11.

puller 12,-will move upwardly from lwith t e large`fgear10,l it will .engage .the.

Thus said floating pulleris alternately carried aroundthe pin 9, by thesocketll, in vthe large `gear-11, and around thel pin 8, by

` the forks 13f,lin the ends of `the arms 13, j, which are secured tn thelam eal' 10. 'This .130 j naaaeer then stretches it and-laps it around the pin` 8,:and then Stretching it again laps it around the pin 9,pulling and stretching the candy as the floating puller 12, is carried through itsI course of travel, correspondingto the figure 8. v-

am aware that changes can be made in. my invention as here illustrated, without departing from the spirit thereof, and I do not, therefore, limit my invention 4 to the particular embodiment thereof here shown e and described, except as I may be limited by the hereto I claim:

l. In a candyapulling machine, in combination, a supporting structure, 'supporting pins projecting therefrom at a space apart, a lioating pin, or puller, supported in and projecting from said structure, land means for carrying said floating pin, or puller, alternately around said supporting pins,l said supporting and floating pins having their supporting attachments in substantially the same plane and all projecting therefrom in the same direction.

2.. In a candy pulling machine, in combination, a supporting structure, supporting pins projecting therefrom `in parallel relationship with each other and at a space apart, a floating pin, or puller,`supported in and projecting from 'said structure, and

appended claims.

; means for carrying said oating pin, or

stantially the same planeand all projecting therefrom in the same direction.

8. in a candy pulling machine, in combination, a supporting structure comprising two drum-like casings joined together edgewise, a supporting' pin supported centrally in each of said casings and projecting axially from the side thereof, a ioating pin, or puller, movably supported in said casings and projecting from the side thereof in the same direction and in substantial parallel relationship with said supporting pins, and means within said casings for carrying said floating pin, or puller, first around one of said supporting pins and then around the other of said supporting pins in an opposite direction, whereby said iioating pin,A or puller, moves through a course of travel corresponding to a'figure 8 around said sup-y porting pins.

4. A candy pulling machine comprising in combination a supporting structure, a cas ing, two large gearsrevolubly supported `said structure, inv mesh with each other, a

supporting pin projecting axially from each of said gears through the side of `said supporting structure, a oatin pin, .or puller, movably supported in sai Aor. uller. means for su Vortin'the same inf substantial parallel relationship with said supporting pins and for carrying it rst around one of said supporting pins and then around the other of said supporting pins, in opposite directions, said supporting pins and said floating pin having their middie portions supported between the sides of said casing with their. opposite ends projecting through the opposite sides thereof and means for automatically changing the course of travel of' said floating pin, or puller, whereby it is directed first around one of said supporting pins and then around the other of said supporting pins an opposite direction, substantially as d c iced.,

6. Inv a machine of the cl'iaracter referred to, in' combination, casing, two supporting members supported therein at a space apart, a floating puller member movably supported, moans for carrying the saine bodily vthrough two circular courses of travel, first around one of said supporting members at aspace therefrom, and thenaround the other of said supporting members at a space therefrom, and in an opposite direction, and a switch member movably interposed at the inner section of said courses of travel, and means for automatically and 'alternately moving the same from one side to the other, whereby to alternately change the directionv of travel of said floating member, substantially as described.' j i Signedat Portland, Multnomah county, Oregon, this 29th day of September, 1916.

GOTTHOLD L. LANGER.

i. M. GRIFFIN, d. C. S'rneus.

structure, and f" means on said gears for carrying said float:

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